NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 30, 2014
CONTACT:
Ginny Carlton, Senior Administrative Program Specialist
(715) 346-3805
email: weeb@uwsp.edu
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board Awards Grants
The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB) has award 40 grants worth nearly $285,000. Projects
comprise both statewide and grass roots initiatives. These initiatives will enable the target audiences to obtain a better
understanding of and appreciation for both the built and natural environments, and the inter-connectedness of
environment, economy and society.
Initiated in 1990, the WEEB’s mission is to “provide leadership in the development of learning opportunities that
empower Wisconsin citizens with the knowledge and skills needed to make wise environmental decisions and take
responsible actions in their personal lives, work places, and communities.”
Donations from the Alliant Energy Foundation, the Wisconsin Environmental Education Foundation, and
individuals enabled the WEEB to target water education initiatives through the second annual Water Education Grant
Program.
The Wisconsin Public Service Foundation provided the funds to support the Woodland Dunes Nature Center
project.
For a complete description of recipients' projects (including abstract and partnering organizations) please see our
website http://cnrapps.uwsp.edu/weeb/Grants.aspx
For more information on the WEEB’s environmental education grant program, including future grant
opportunities, contact Senior Administrative Program Specialist Ginny Carlton at (715) 346-3805. The email address is
weeb@uwsp.edu
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2014-2015 WEEB Grant Recipients
CITY
2014-0054
ORGANIZATION
UW-Extension: Buffalo
County
Baldwin
Chippewa
Falls
Crivitz
2014-0034
Baldwin-Woodville
Area School District
2014-0003
2014-0043
CESA 10
Crivitz School District
Baldwin-Woodville's
Giezendanner School Forest:
Developing the Resource
Energy Conservation: Put in
Place Program
Forestry Fun for All!
Cross Plains
2014-0015
Eagle
2014-0025
Middleton-Cross Plains
School District
Mukwonago Area
School District
Middleton Cross Plains Area
School Forest Education Plan
Eagleville School Forest
Education Plan
Alma
CODE
GRANT TITLE
Dry Bluff Prairie Education
Program
Beaver Creek Acorns: Nature
Immersion into Early
Childhood
AWARD AMOUNT
$4,940.00
$19,583.00
$1,000.00
$11,848.00
$5,000.00
$4,900.00
Fall Creek
2014-0033
Florence
2014-0050
Florence
2014-0051
Beaver Creek Reserve
Sustainable Resources
Institute
Sustainable Resources
Institute
Green Bay
2014-0036
Glacierland RC&D
Forestry Educator Summit
Forester Training in Northwest
Wisconsin
Wildland-Urban Interface
Conference
Green Bay
2014-0057
Green Bay Botanical
Garden
Development of Winter
Ecology Snowshoe Program
$2,410.00
Greenfield
2014-0020
Whitnall School District
An Education Plan for the
Whitnall School Forest
$5,000.00
Iola-Scandinavia School
District
Turn the Tables: Iola to
Scandinavia, experiencing
nature's classroom
$3,905.00
Iola
2014-0042
$10,000.00
$2,441.00
$1,000.00
$9,812.00
La Crosse
2014-0031
La Crosse
2014-0032
Madison
2014-0023
La Crosse School
District
La Crosse School
District
Community
GroundWorks at Troy
Gardens
2014-0029
Madison
Madison
$9,997.00
Digging in Diversity!
$7610.00
Madison Metropolitan
School District
Developing an Outdoor
Classroom within an Urban
Sustainable Forestry Program
$9,476.00
Madison Metropolitan
School District
An Education Plan for the Lake
View Elementary School
Forest
$2,508.00
Wisconsin Wetlands
Assoc.
Manitowoc School
District
A Wetland Training Tool for
Locally Elected and Appointed
Officials
BioBlitz Classroom and Field
Enhancement
2014-0069
Mellen School District
Got Worms? Technology &
Worm Habitation in the
District of Mellen School
Forest
2014-0006
Merrill Area School
District
Wisconsin River & The Great
Lakes Water: Quality Matters!
2014-0030
2014-0070
Manitowoc
2014-0001
Merrill
$13,490.00
Rain Garden Project
Madison
Mellen
School Forest Pond
Enhancement Project
Milwaukee
2014-0019
Milwaukee
2014-0067
Mosinee
2014-0072
Milwaukee Public
Schools
Neighborhood House
of Milwaukee, Inc.
Landscapes for Life
Foundation
$9,963.00
$995.00
$4,147.00
$20,000.00
Northern Exposure Urban
Ecology Environmental
Trip/Treehaven-University of
Wisconsin Stevens Point
Stewardship Project: Invasive
Species
$3,875.00
BC4K Timberland
$5,002.00
$4,000.00
Mukwonago
2014-0049
Nature's Classroom
Institute
Nature's Classroom Institute
of Wisconsin (NCIW)
Stewardship Consortium
Oregon
2014-0024
Oregon School District
Project Based Freshwater
Ecology Course
2014-0045
Southwest Badger
RC&D
Community-Wide Awareness
and Action to Deal with the
Threat of Emerald Ash Borer
2014-0056
Pulaski Community
School District
An Education Plan for the
Pulaski Community Middle
School (PCMS) Forest
$4,500.00
2014-0002
WI County Forest
Assoc.
From Forest to Finish: A
Community Based Learning
Retreat for Educators
$3,286.00
Bookworm Gardens
Enhancement of Forestry
Education at Bookworm
Gardens
$3,680.00
Bookworm Gardens
Water and Garden Education
with a Water Celebration at
Bookworm Gardens
$8,150.00
UW-Stevens Point
Expanding the Reach of
Project Learning Tree in
Wisconsin
$4,793.00
$9,360.00
$5,187.00
Platteville
Pulaski
Rhinelander
Sheboygan
Sheboygan
Stevens Point
2014-0065
2014-0066
2014-0005
Stevens Point
2014-0026
Central Rivers
Farmshed
Students and Farmers Spread
the Message "Soil Supports Us
All"
Stevens Point
2014-0064
Golden Sands RC&D
AIS Camps at Central
Wisconsin Children's Museum
$9,999.00
$3,664.00
$10,000.00
Two Rivers
Viroqua
Weston
Winneconne
Wisconsin
Dells
2014-0053
Woodland Dunes
Nature Center
Enhancing Outdoor
Exploration for Young Children
and Their Families
2014-0008
Vernon County: Land
Conservation Dept.
Vernon County's Forest and
Pollinator Habitat Poster and
Photo Contest
2014-0017
D.C. Everest Area
School District
Environmental Connections III:
Project FAWN: Fundamental
Attitudes in the World
$19,986.00
2014-0012
Winneconne
Community School
District
Norbert Rich School ForestBuilding from the Ground Up
$12,951.00
2014-0035
Board of Regents of
UW-System: UWExtension
Project EARPOD: Engaging at
Risk Populations Outdoors,
Digitally
$10,000.00
$2,274.00
$3,822.00
TOTAL AWARDED $284,544
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